US4372749A - Method for the manufacturing of fuel briquettes - Google Patents

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US4372749A
US4372749A US06/114,559 US11455980A US4372749A US 4372749 A US4372749 A US 4372749A US 11455980 A US11455980 A US 11455980A US 4372749 A US4372749 A US 4372749A
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10L—FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NATURAL GAS; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C10G, C10K; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE OR UNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; FIRELIGHTERS
    • C10L5/00—Solid fuels
    • C10L5/40—Solid fuels essentially based on materials of non-mineral origin
    • C10L5/46—Solid fuels essentially based on materials of non-mineral origin on sewage, house, or town refuse
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E50/00—Technologies for the production of fuel of non-fossil origin
    • Y02E50/10—Biofuels, e.g. bio-diesel
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E50/00—Technologies for the production of fuel of non-fossil origin
    • Y02E50/30—Fuel from waste, e.g. synthetic alcohol or diesel

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  • the invention relates to a method for manufacturing fuel briquettes from refuse such as garbage, whereby the refuse is sorted so as to separate out the components thereof which are to be used for briquettes.
  • garbage can not be directly stored for a long period without putrefying, it has to be burned off immediately upon collection. Thus, the heat from the district heating plant is not utilized optimally outside the heating season, resulting in waste of heat. In addition, the garbage must be brought to a refuse destructor plant which is connected to a district heating plant in order to utilize the calorific value for district heating.
  • English Pat. No. 1.286.532 describes a method for manufacturing fuel briquettes from garbage.
  • metal pieces and dust are first removed, and the garbage is crushed into smaller pieces which are thereafter dried.
  • the dried, comminuted garbage is mixed with crushed coal, and a binding material is added prior to the briquetting.
  • the briquettes must be heat-treated for up to 3 hours at a temperature range of about 200° C. before they are ready for use as fuel briquettes.
  • the coal admix ensures that the steam which is produced during the pressing of moisty garbage can be absorbed in the coal and subsequently released to the atmosphere so that steam accumulations in the pressroom are completely avoided, and the briquettes are thoroughly compacted. Furthermore, the comminution of garbage takes place by the pressure of the pressing wheels in the press, which means that a comminution step is unnecessary.
  • the coal admixture is regulated so that an appropriate distribution of the coal quantity is obtained in response to the composition of the garbage.
  • very moist garbage which means reduced power consumption of the press motor, more coal has to be added than in the case of dry garbage.
  • Steam may be added to the mixture prior to the compression in order to obtain a swift compression of the briquettes and a homogeneous binding of each briquette.
  • the coal admixture should constitute 20 weight% or more to ensure that each fuel briquette has suitably high calorific value and physical quality.
  • the FIGURE shows an embodiment of a fuel briquette 3 manufactured in accordance with the inventive method.
  • the components of the briquettes are comminuted garbage 1, and coal particles 2.
  • the coal particles 2 are evenly distributed throughout the whole briquette, as shown.
  • the garbage After being collected in sacks, the garbage is placed in waste receivers. From there, the garbage is driven through a pair of knives which tear open the sacks and loosen the garbage. A first sorting of the garbage is then made eliminating iron and other kinds of metal in a known way. After sorting, the garbage may undergo an additional sorting step with a view toward recycling components such as glass and plastics.
  • the rest of the garbage which is to be used for briquettes, is mixed with coal dust in a quantity of at least 20 weight% of the garbage. Experiments have shown that 30% is a suitable coal quantity.
  • This mixture is led to a pellet press to be comminuted and pressed together into fuel briquettes. If required, steam may be conducted to the mixture in a known way, prior to the pressing.
  • the amount of coal dust and steam, if any, can be controlled in response to the power consumption of the press motor so as to maintain a correct proportion between the coal content and moistness of the composition with respect to variations in the components of the garbage. This results in a homogeneously high calorific value which, in tests, has proved to be about 4500 kcal/kg.
  • the diameter of the openings in the matrix in the press produces small briquettes which allow a high density during storage. This makes it economical to store and transport the briquettes.
  • the fuel briquettes can be manufactured in an ordinary pellet press, e.g. of the ring matrix type.
  • the coal dust admixture prevents steam accumulations because the steam is absorbed in the coal and distributed to the atmosphere. Furthermore, it has been shown that even organic components are effectively prevented from putrefaction by the coal dust admixture and the heating which arises during the briquette production in the press, thereby making the briquettes suitable for long-term storage. Thus, production of fuel outside the heating season is possible at places with plants for the manufacturing of briquettes. In this way the briquettes can be used as fuel wherever the necessary equipment for firing is installed. This method results in substantial fuel-savings, and permits the hygienic and odourless preservation of garbage.
  • the combustible parts of the garbage constitute, for the time being, about 60% of the garbage, and it is anticipated that this percentage will rise in the near future owing to the increase in the consumption of paper and cardboard.
  • Fuel briquettes according to the invention may thus be manufactured from other kinds of combustible waste such as different kinds of industrial waste, forestry and sawmill refuse, wastepaper, and agricultural waste in the form of straw, chaffs, etc.
  • the drawing and descriptions of the invention in this disclosure should be viewed as illustrative, and not in a limiting sense.

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US5429645A (en) * 1990-12-06 1995-07-04 Benson; Peter H. Solid fuel and process for combustion of the solid fuel
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US20090113789A1 (en) * 2005-09-19 2009-05-07 Blake Burich Process and method for recycling cigarette butts
US20090158645A1 (en) * 2007-08-01 2009-06-25 French Robert R Methods of Producing Water-Resistant Solid Fuels
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US4496365A (en) * 1980-03-17 1985-01-29 Lindemann Rolf W Method of producing briquettes from organic waste products
US5429645A (en) * 1990-12-06 1995-07-04 Benson; Peter H. Solid fuel and process for combustion of the solid fuel
US8453953B2 (en) 2005-04-29 2013-06-04 Gtl Energy Holdings Pty Limited Method to transform bulk material
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US20090113789A1 (en) * 2005-09-19 2009-05-07 Blake Burich Process and method for recycling cigarette butts
US7560059B2 (en) * 2005-09-19 2009-07-14 Blake Burich Process and method for recycling cigarette butts
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US20090158645A1 (en) * 2007-08-01 2009-06-25 French Robert R Methods of Producing Water-Resistant Solid Fuels
US8673030B2 (en) 2007-08-01 2014-03-18 Gtl Energy Holdings Pty Limited Methods of producing water-resistant solid fuels
US9499756B2 (en) 2007-08-01 2016-11-22 Gtl Energy Holdings Pty Limited Roll press
US8444722B2 (en) 2010-01-06 2013-05-21 Michael Richey Organic fuel brick
US9255235B2 (en) 2010-01-06 2016-02-09 Mcr Holdings Group, Llc Organic fuel products and fire starters
US20110162264A1 (en) * 2010-01-06 2011-07-07 Richey Michael F Organic fuel brick

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PL135719B1 (en) 1985-11-30
FR2447961B1 (fr) 1986-04-25
NL8000492A (nl) 1980-08-01
CH645403A5 (de) 1984-09-28
CA1136414A (en) 1982-11-30
DK143859B (da) 1981-10-19
FR2447961A1 (fr) 1980-08-29
DK143859C (da) 1982-04-05
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GB2053962A (en) 1981-02-11
SE441601B (sv) 1985-10-21

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